
Darren Waterston graduated with a BFA from the Otis Art Institute in 1988, having previously studied at the Akademie der Künste and the Hochschule für Bildende Künste, both in Germany. His exhibition 'Darren Waterston's Filthy Lucre: Whistler's Peacock Room Reimagined' is currently on view at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London.
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Exhibitions
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020
Darren Waterston’s Filthy Lucre: Whistler’s Peacock Room Reimagined
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UKDarren Waterston: Notes from the Air
DC Moore Gallery, New York, NY2019
Vistas
Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WAEventide
Inman Gallery, Houston, TX2018
Ecstatic Landscape
DC Moore Gallery, NYStudio Wall: Some Trees
DC Moore Gallery, NY2017
Architectonic Forms
Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA2016
Topos
Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WANew Work
DC Moore Gallery, New York, NY2015
Peacock Room REMIX: Darren Waterston’s Filthy Lucre
Freer|Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DCPavo
Inman Gallery, Houston, TX2014
Uncertain Beauty
Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, North Adams, MASplit the Lark
DC Moore Gallery, New York, NYCadence
Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA2013
Ravens and Ruins
Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CAStabat Mater
Inman Gallery, Houston, TXA Swarm, A Flock, A Host: A Compendium of Creatures, Legion of Honor
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, CAA Compendium of Creatures
Poet’s House, New York, NY2012
Remote Futures
DC Moore Gallery, New York, NY2011
Forest Eater
Honolulu Academy of Arts, HI and The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, HIKingdom
Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WARecent Work
Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA2010
Anatomies
Inman Gallery, Houston, TXNew Monotypes
Smith Andersen Editions, Palo Alto, CA2009
Splendid Grief: Darren Waterston and the Afterlife of Leland Stanford Jr.
Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for the Visual Arts at Stanford University, CARecent Paintings and Works on Paper
Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CARecent Editions
Gallery 16, San Francisco, CA2008
Aurora
Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles, CALast Days
Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA2007
Parlor
Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles, CAConstellations: Paintings by Darren Waterston and The Flowering (The Fourfold Sense)
Ronna and Eric Hoffman Gallery of Contemporary Art, Lewis & Clark College, Portland, ORThe Flowering (The Fourfold Sense)
Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WAFugue
Inman Gallery, Houston, TX2006
Was and Is Not and Is to Come
San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, CAHyle
Galerie Jan-Luc & Takako Richard, Paris, France2005
Turning Back In
Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CANew Paintings
Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles, CA2004
Notations
Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, BCDelirium
Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, TNChimera
Inman Gallery, Houston, TXThirteen Paintings
Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA2003
Scapes
Bellevue Arts Museum, WAGhosts
Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NYInfatuated River
Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CAWorks on Paper
Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA2002
Works on Paper
Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NYNew Work
Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, BCNew Paintings
Inman Gallery, Houston, TXRecent Paintings
Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles, CAPaintings, Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA
2001
Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NYSeven Heavens
Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA2000
New Works on Paper
Inman Gallery, Houston, TXPaintings
Kohn Turner Gallery, Los Angeles, CAThrough the Arch
Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale, AZMonoprints & Works On Paper
Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA1999
Recent Works
Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NYRecent Paintings
Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WAIn the Reeds and Rushes
Fresno Art Museum, CA1998
New Works: Paintings and Works on Paper
Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CANew Paintings
Inman Gallery, Houston, TXNew Paintings
Kohn Turner Gallery, Los Angeles, CAEquinox Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
1997
Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NYEquinox Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Recent Marshes and Fields
Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WAKOPAC, Seoul, Korea
1996
Recent Paintings
Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WAKohn Turner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1995
Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NYEquinox Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Paintings
Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WAElegies
Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA1994
Jan Baum Gallery, Los Angeles, CACharles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY
1993
Jan Baum Gallery, Los Angeles, CAPaintings
Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA1992
Jan Baum Gallery, Los Angeles, CAElegies
Long Beach Museum of Art, CA1991
Jan Baum Gallery, Los Angeles, CA1990
Jan Baum Gallery, Los Angeles, CAFresno Art Museum, CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019
Fear and Wonder: Sublime Landscapes on Paper
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX2018
The Neo-Victorians: Contemporary Artists Revive Gilded-Age Glamour
Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NYNight Walk
Inman Gallery, Houston, TXLine Up
DC Moore Gallery, New York, NY2016
Boundless Nature: Real and Imagined
DC Moore Gallery, New York, NYArt AIDS America
The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NYRevealed Terrain: The Semantics of Landscape
The Center for Book Arts, New York, NYLuscious
Brattleboro Museum & Art Center, VTBird in Hand
Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, CA2015
Animal Tales
The British Library, London, UKAlchemy
DC Moore Gallery, New York, NYArt AIDS America
Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA47th Collector’s Show & Sale
Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR2014
Strut: The Peacock and Beauty in Art
Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NYInitial Public Offering: New Works from the SJMA’s Permanent Collection
San Jose Museum of Art, CA2013
The Land Before and After Time
Accola Griefen Gallery, New York, NYThe Hogarth Experiment
Smith Anderson Editions, Palo Alto, CA2012
New Prints: Gallery Artists
Inman Gallery, Houston, TXBeasts of Revelation
DC Moore Gallery, New York, NYEastern Traditions/Western Expressions
Boise Art Museum, ID2011
Seattle As Collector
Seattle Art Museum, WA
Wild Kingdom
School of Art & Design, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX
Never the Same Twice
DC Moore Gallery, New York, NYSUBstainability
School of Art & Design, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX2010
Material Evidence: A Phenomenology of Matter
Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS3 + 3
Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CACalling Beauty
Canzani Center Gallery, Columbus College of Art & Design, OHCrossing: Falling: Watching: Throwing
Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, BC25th Anniversary Show
Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles, CAMade in the U.S.A.
Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA2009
Altered States: The Collection in Context
Gatehouse Gallery, di Rosa, Napa, CAWork on Paper
Pence Gallery, Davis, CA2008
15 Year Anniversary Exhibition
Gallery 16, San Francisco, CAThe Surrealist Impulse: New Acquisitions from the Tacoma Art Museum Collection
Tacoma Art Museum, WANew Acquisitions 2008
Portland Art Museum, ORFresh Impressionism
Seattle Art Museum, WA2007
Animal Rites
David Cunningham Projects, San Francisco, CAOn Paper
Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA2006
Altered Image
Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, BCNatural and Unnatural: Imagining Landscape
Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton, NJExtreme Abstraction
Galerie Jean-Luc & Takako Richard, Paris, FranceNine Decades of Los Angeles Art
Otis College of Art & Design, Los Angeles, CADirector’s Choice
Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CAMagnolia Editions: Woven Transcriptions
Fresno Art Museum, CA2005
Director’s Choice: Contemporary Art with Objects from Asia
Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CAMajestic Tapestries of Magnolia Editions: Woven Works by Contemporary Artists
Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA2004
Representing Landscape
The Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach, VAWeaving Weft and Warp: Tapestries from Magnolia Editions
San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, CAThe Big Spin
Walter and McBean Galleries, San Francisco Art Institute, CAMindscape
Pavel Zoubok Gallery, New York, NYNeo Mod: Recent Northern California Abstraction
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA2003
Downtown Stomp Around
Inman Gallery, Houston, TXDarren Waterston & Beatrice Wood: A Personal Alchemy
Bellevue Arts Museum, WAThe Great Drawing Show 1550-2003 A.D.
Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles, CAWorks on Paper
Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA2002
Fifteen – 15th Anniversary Exhibition
Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CAHigh Art: Art of the Bank of America Tower
Bank of America Gallery, Seattle, WASweet & Wild: Animals in Contemporary Art
Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WARepresenting Landscape
University Art Gallery, University of California San Diego, CAContemporary American Art
Embassy of the United States, Vienna, Austria2001
Collector’s Show
Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, ARAmused: Humor in Contemporary Art
Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago, ILFast Forward
Berkeley Art Museum, University of California, CASelected Paintings from the Microsoft Collection
Microsoft Conference Center, Redmond, WANew Location and Inaugural Exhibition
Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles, CA2000
Bluer
Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago, ILA Gift of Light and Time
Bank of America Gallery, Seattle, WAReconstructions: The Imprint of Nature/The Impact of Science
The Sidney Mishkin Gallery, Baruch College, New York, NYA Lasting Legacy: Recent Additions to the Collection
Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CAThe Next Wave: New Painting in Southern California
California Center for the Arts, Escondido, CA10
Inman Gallery, Houston, TXRecent Inventory Additions
Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WADistant Echoes
Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA
1999
Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NYThe Great Drawing Show, 1550 to 1999
Kohn Turner Gallery, Los Angeles, CABrushes with Spirituality: Ethereal Paintings
Noyes Museum of Art, Oceanville, NJBotanica: Contemporary Art and the World of Plants
Tweed Museum ofArt, University of Minnesota Duluth, MN. Traveled to: Plains Art Museum, Fargo, ND; University Galleries, Illinois State University, Normal, IL; Carleton College Art Gallery, Northfield, MN; Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, LA; Tarble Arts Center, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL; Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL; University Gallery, University of Delaware, Newark, DE1998
A-Z Works on Paper
Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NYThe Winter Show
Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NYDivining Nature
Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NCRecent Acquisitions and New Work
Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WARecent Gallery Acquisitions
Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA1997
Distant Bodies
LA Artcore Art Bank, Los Angeles, CASummer Previews
Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, BCOut of Eden
Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MOWest Coast Painting and Sculpture 1997
Oceanside Museum of Art, CACollector’s Show
Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, ARContemporary Masters
Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WAAnatomy of a Print
Bedford Gallery, Lesher Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, CA1996
Collector’s Show
Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, ARSummer Show
Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NYSummer Previews
Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, BCMatters of the Heart
Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CAMaster Classes: What classifies an artist as Master?
Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA1995
The Traditional Impulse
Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WAUnder Glass
Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NYMetaphors
Pulliam Deffenbaugh Gallery, Portland, ORTerrain
SOMA Gallery, San Diego, CAFrom Nature
Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CAPreviews
Charles Cowles, New York, NYProject Exhibit
Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD1994
The Sacred and The Profane
Jan Baum Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Peaceable Kingdom
Babcock Galleries, New York, NY
Flora: In Artists’ Gardens
San Francisco Community Arts, 400 South Hope Street Associates, Los Angeles, CA
The Art Cup
Garth Clark Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY1993
Stealth
Seafirst Gallery, Seattle, WASchool Days
Jan Baum Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
The Layered Look
Jan Baum Gallery, Los Angeles, CAThomas Solomon’s Garage, Los Angeles, CA
The Surface of the Sign
University Art Gallery, California State University, Chico, CA1992
Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BCArt and Nature
Hiram Butler Gallery, Houston, TX1991
Encaustic
Palo Alto Cultural Center, CALACE Sixth Annual
Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, CAThe Edge of Night
Muckenthaler Cultural Center, Fullerton, CA1988
Artworks Gallery, Los Angeles, CAArtist Awards Exhibition
Otis/Parsons, Los Angeles, CAIllustration Award Show
Otis/Parsons, Los Angeles, CAFine Arts Building Small Edition Book Show, Los Angeles, CA
Foot and Shoe Show
San Francisco Arts Commission, San Francisco, CA1987
Books Without Bounds
Irvine Fine Arts Center, CAAmnesty International Poster Awards Show, Los Angeles, CA and New York, NY
Art from the Page: Bookworks
Salem Art Association, OROnyx Café, Los Angeles, CA
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Education
1988
Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles, CA
BFAAkademie der Künste, Berlin, Germany
Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Munster, Germany
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Collections
Achenbach Graphic Arts Council, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, CA
Berkeley Art Museum, University of California, CA
Boise Art Museum, ID
Boston Athenaeum, Boston, MA
The Broad Family Foundation, Santa Monica, CA
British Library, London, England
De Young Museum, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, CA
Fresno Art Museum, CA
The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, CA
The Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Honolulu Museum of Art, HI
Knoxville Museum of Art, TN
Long Beach Museum of Art, CA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA
Lyman Allyn Art Museum, New London, CT
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, CA
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
New York Public Library, New York, NY
Oakland Museum of California, CA
Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA
Portland Art Museum, OR
San Jose Museum of Art, CA
Seattle Art Museum, WA
Stanford University Library, Stanford, CA
Tacoma Art Museum, WA
Washington State University Museum of Art, Pullman, WA
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Awards
2005
Civitella Ranieri Foundation Fellowship, Umbertide, Italy2004
Richard C. Diebenkorn Teaching Fellowship, San Francisco Art Institute, CA